Latest Ubisoft DRM measure - all SP saves stored on a cloud server - by EvaUnit02
Phatose on 24/2/2010 at 05:48
Quote Posted by lost_soul
Seeing as how it is illegal to create tools to bypass the DRM malware, how will the public use the content at all when it is public domain? I don't think this particular rule ever expires. Thus, DRM is a plot to screw society. The content creators are plugging the one last loophole.
Incorrect. The DMCA anti-circumvention portions specifically refer to technologically bypassing works protected by the DMCA (protected by this title is the actual language), and the DMCA specifically lays out dates of expiration.
Bakerman on 24/2/2010 at 06:25
Quote Posted by Jason Moyer
Although I suspect that with Mickey Mouse scheduled to go public domain in 2020-ish the law will be changed again
Ah, cynicism ;)
mothra on 24/2/2010 at 08:46
Quote Posted by EvaUnit02
Aren't you burning money on shipping though? You being in Austria and Tesco being in the UK and all.
I'm shipping it to friends in london. they won't be tempted to play the game, they are boring professors.
Thirith on 24/2/2010 at 08:57
I used to be a boring lecturer and I would've been tempted to play the game. :cheeky:
Matthew on 24/2/2010 at 12:22
Quote Posted by Ostriig
As for GameJackal, I've had had a quick look over its website, but I can't say I see the point. In terms of sidestepping disc checks, it seems to do exactly what a virtual drive and mini-image do, but for money. Maybe if you don't want to have to deal with the sites offering the images, that would be an advantage.
I actually bought GameJackal a few months ago as part of a bundle deal, and that's pretty much the point, yeah. I haven't used it much, but it's essentially a simple way for people like me to make their own mini-images and no-disc patches - very handy for Pirates!, I've found. (Ahahah. Ha.)
Ostriig on 24/2/2010 at 14:21
I'm curious, how does it work - do you throw in the disc once, the program makes itself an image, and then it auto-mounts it?
Matthew on 24/2/2010 at 15:21
Pretty much, yeah. It can also download profiles for a lot of games so it knows whether it needs to take a full or partial image or simply mimic the disc in drive.
Once it's done that, you can either launch the game through GameJackal or create a new desktop shortcut for the game that lets GameJackal know to activate itself when run.
Ostriig on 24/2/2010 at 15:39
Thanks! So it still uses a virtual drive of sorts, it's just that it's hidden from you.
Matthew on 24/2/2010 at 15:56
Exactly, it's imaging for the less conversant (such as I).
